Today we decided to hop a party boat around some islands in the vicinity this beach town, and party it up Spring Break Nha Trang style. We were extremely skeptical upon boarding the bus to the dock. Despite Lonely Planet's warning that this was not family-friendly fun, it didn't really seem to be a party-happy crowd, and Sneaky was coping with a debilitating sunburn from our previous day at the beach. Nonetheless, we hopped on the boat, watched it fill up with tourists from all over, and prayed it wouldn't be a totally miserable six-hour tour (a six-hour tour.)
It turned out to be just about the most fun we've had yet on this trip (apart from crossing the street in HCMC, which is an adrenaline rush unlike anything else.) We found some cool Aussies, a group of Eastern Europeans (from Bulgaria, the Czech Republic and Slovakia), and a few others to join our ragtag group of maritime hooligans. Together, we drank all the beer they had onboard, had swim races around the boat, and floated around in life preservers drinking some kind of sticky-sweet rice wine.
By far the most hilarious thing about this boat ride was that they blasted music from some old speakers, which seemed cool at first, until it became apparent that they only seemed to have two songs: "Dangerous" by Akon and "Right Round" by Flo Rida. By the third time repeat, we were all just about ready to jump overboard.
It was great to meet some other people doing the North-South or South-North Vietnam coast. Everyone seems to be in love with Hoi An (our next stop) and we got some great recommendations for boat trips in Halong Bay and restaurants in Hanoi. After we all went our merry ways to shower and rest, we had a reunion at the Sailing Club for one last hurrah together before the BulCzechKians hopped their bus north and the Melbourne chicks took their train to HCMC. We grabbed dinner with the hilarious Sydney couple--they are headed to Hoi An next as well, so we hope to go on more crazy adventures together in the next few days.
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